Congo, Chad, Cameroon, and Guinea have initiated a ban on wearing the niqab, the full-face veil "for security reasons," noting people wearing black, including women and girls wearing the niqab often carry out Boko Haram suicide attacks.

Three female con-artists who swindled Islamic State (Daesh) operatives into forking over their cash in a crafty recruitment scheme have been detained by Chechen police and are currently awaiting arraignment.